Identifying Prepositional Phrases

The video tutorial introduces prepositional phrases, explaining their components: prepositions, objects, and modifiers. It provides examples to illustrate how these phrases function in sentences. The tutorial also covers prepositional phrases without modifiers and includes an activity for identifying them in sentences.

What is a prepositional phrase composed of?

• A preposition, an object, and a modifier

• A verb, an object, and a modifier

• A conjunction, a noun, and a verb

• A noun, a verb, and an adjective

Which of the following is NOT a preposition?

• Across

• During

• Quickly

• Without

In the sentence 'David is hiding behind the tree', what is the preposition?

• David

• Hiding

• Behind

• Tree

What is the object of the preposition in 'David is hiding behind the tree'?

• David

• Tree

• Hiding

• Behind

Which word is a modifier in the phrase 'behind the big tree'?

• Big

• Behind

• The

• Tree

In the sentence 'The ball should be thrown with great force', what is the prepositional phrase?

• Great force

• The ball

• Should be thrown

• With great force

Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase without a modifier?

• I place the glass on the round table.

• It annoys me when people talk during movies.

• David is hiding behind the big tree.

• The cat jumped over the fence.

What is the prepositional phrase in 'I always buy my snacks near SM'?

• I always

• Buy my snacks

• Near SM

• My snacks

In the activity, what is the prepositional phrase in 'I enjoy walking through the woods'?

• Through the woods

• I enjoy

• The woods

• Walking through

Identify the prepositional phrase in 'The cat jumped over the fence'.

• Over the fence

• Jumped over

• The fence

• The cat